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Fixing the well pump

Our well pump stopped working and that became the big project of summer 2018. The guys worked hard at diagnosing the problem and then replacing many parts and also the well pump itself. KitKat and I spent many a day hauling water from the brook to keep the many farm animals watered, Water issues and ducks especially don't go well together! For household drinking water friends let us fill jugs and we bought water at the stores. As for our extensive gardens and plantings well they didn't do too well, keeping the humans and animals in enough water was about all we could cope with. It was a trial that's for sure, you don't know how much you appreciate the simple convenience of running water until it is gone. Hard to believe that long ago people didn't have plumbing and water right in their homes. Even after the new pump was installed and hoses run etc we still had issues for several days and had to haul water. It was so good when things were all back up and running again!

High School Drama Play 2018

The play that the high school drama class is putting on this year is The Princess Who Had No Name. Tristan and his class put on two fantastic performances. I'm missing some of my pictures but I do have a few!

Tristan and classmates receive direction from Mrs. Marquis. This will be the last year of drama with their beloved teacher who is retiring from co-op. 

Curtain call.

Tristan April 2018

Poultry Commotion!

The spring play for my drama class was Poultry Commotion! Both Tristan and Helped me pull off this play with my young drama class, Tiny one of our silkies helped too...by being in the play and also letting countless children pat and have pictures with her after the show! This was a fun play to direct. No pictures of the cast since they are young and not my children and their parents may or may not want them on a blog.

It's Christmas!

Christmas time again. Our first with my mother/kids Grammy. It was hard to get excited for it but the animals certainly helped. They have such joy, they don't let things stick with them or bother them too much. A lesson can be learned from their joy and innocence I'm sure.  Just a selection of photos some kids woke later than others, some didn't want pictures etc....A subdued holiday but not a bad one.